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Best Practice Ecological Rehabilitation of Mined Lands

Welcome to the Best Practice Ecological Rehabilitation of Mined Lands Conference Information Site.

We are planning a follow-up conference in 2012. Please continue to visit this site to keep up to date on what we are planning for this year.

POSTERS

If you wish to present a poster at this years conference, please submit an abstract of 200 words by 30 March 2012 to tim.roberts@newcastle.edu.au

TRADE DISPLAYS

Display areas will be available at a cost of $200 per display. Exhibitors will need to provide own display stands. Click here for Registration form and Terms and Conditions

SPONSORS

If you would like to sponsor a Program, Speaker, Session or the Conference Dinner, please contact Tim Roberts for further information on 02 4921 7037 or tim.roberts@newcastle.edu.au

Conference registrations and further information will be available shortly. If you have any questions regarding this conference, or suggestions, please contact our office on 02 49215700.

Our last conference took place on Friday 16 September 2011.

Conference commenced at 9.00am and concluded at 5.00pm

Purpose

The purpose of this workshop was two-fold. The first major focus was to look at current and emerging approaches to mine rehabilitation activities via case studies along with their achievements and lessons.

The second major focus was discussing and identifying measures for assessing post mining rehabilitation activity outcomes and their contribution towards biodiversity offset schemes.

In particular the workshop aims were:

To provide an overview of what rehabilitation/restoration strategies and techniques are currently is being practised in the Hunter Valley
To present accounts of current on-ground rehabilitation efforts
To provide an overview of what ecological outcomes are being achieved
To understand what constitutes completion criteria
To understand how outcomes are monitored and evaluated
To understand what constitutes best practice rehabilitation and restoration activities on mine sites
To develop, where necessary, recommendations on best practice.
To discuss approaches and techniques that will allow for post mining rehabilitation outcomes to be evaluated in biodiversity offset schemes
To provide conceptualisations on what the valley floor landscape may look like in 50 years time.